Handkerchief of batist with embroidery in every corner with many flowers in a shield-shaped cartouche; Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and shadow work - and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace: Valenciennes lace. The embroidery fills every corner up to the middle of each side; leaving a diamond-shaped piece of raw batist in the center. The embroidery pattern is the same for each corner and consists of a cartouche with a beaded edge in the shape of a coat of arms; with different types of flowers and fine curling lines. The shield is flanked on both sides by an oval cartouche with a pearl edge; in which a circle with a seven-leaf flower is central; surrounded by fine curling lines and curling feathered leaves. The strip of bobbin lace has a repeating pattern of a hanging flower above a lying arch. The horizontal arches form a shell edge that is finished with picots. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges and are connected to each other by a lattice ground: a square Valenciennes ground.; anonymous; Switzerland; c. 1860 - c. 1870; linen (material); Valenciennes lace; l 40 cm x w 40 cm w 2.2 cm x; 1 cm